Alameda Pots
A skill worth sharing...
Dave, a former ED nurse and IT wiz kid, has transformed his lifelong passion for pottery into a new venture.
Frustrated by the lack of opportunities for his own children to learn pottery in Alameda, he decided to create a school that would offer pottery classes.
Drawing from his experience, Dave aims to inspire his students and foster their creativity through the art of ceramics.
Andrew received a BFA in Ceramics from The Ohio State
University and an MFA in ceramics from Kent State University many lifetimes ago.
Over the years he has worked at production potteries in NYC, worked as a pedicab driver in Manhattan, and taught ceramics at several colleges and universities from the East Coast to the West Coast.
He currently teaches for the Special Education department in Alameda and is working on raising two kids here on the West Side.
He loves throwing pottery on the wheel as well as hand building pottery, clay animals, or whatever comes to mind.
I have loved working with clay ever since high school. I first
learned how to throw at Santa Monica city college.
For the last 50 plus years I have been taking courses through a variety of colleges as I worked and raised children.
I have taught in after school programs and volunteered at the Mastick Senior Center.
My love of working with clay and curiosity to learn is never ending.
I look forward to sharing and learning with you.
Denise is a handcrafter and tinkerer at heart and loves
to play with clay.
She is always busy with a crochet or sewing/embroidery project, gardening and fixing things around the house.
After completing the Wood Technology certificate from Laney College, she switched gears and got a certificate in Ceramics from Merritt College.
For the past several years she has been teaching ceramics to kids and adults at the Randall Museum in San Francisco, and is very excited to share her love of handbuilding in clay in Alameda.
